Countries neighbouring the three worst-affected states are “at risk” and it is important for them to prepare for the possibility of Ebola cases, the WHO said.

The head of the UN mission for Ebola response, Anthony Banbury, also issued a stern warning – telling the UN Security Council by video-link from West Africa that in the race to contain Ebola, the virus was winning.

“If we do not get ahead of the crisis, if we do not reach our targets and the number of people with Ebola rises dramatically as some have predicted, the plan we have is not scalable to the size of such a new crisis,” he said.

“We either stop Ebola now or we face an entirely unprecedented situation for which we do not have a plan.”

Also on Tuesday, US President Barack Obama said that “the world as a whole is not doing enough” to contain the Ebola threat.

He was speaking at the end of a meeting with about 20 US and allied military leaders primarily focused on the threat from Islamic State militants.

He said the US would continue to do its part but added: “Everybody’s going to have to do more than they are doing right now.”

The White House said President Obama would discuss the Ebola crisis in a video conference on Wednesday with British, French, German and Italian leaders.
Culled fron New Telegraph www.newtelegraphonline.com